Please be patent with me, as I am fairly new to this networking thing.
My question. What, exactly, is the difference between a hub, switch and a router. I believe that a hub is my best bet (thats what I had), but do I need a switch? router? Then, what is the best way to set up all three comps so they can swap files?
Here is a little about the comps.
Thanks in advance, and let me know if you need more info.
I have 3 comps (1) W2K and the other 2 are Win 98SE, all with seperate IP's.
I have had them all networked together for over a year and now my hub seems to have died. All 3 comps work fine when connected to the cable modem seperatly, but when I plug in the hub it don't work.
I have never quite had them all seeing each other on the network, but they all were always able to connect to the net.